Hector is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2005 and has grown less common since.
Hector is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #409 for boy births in the United States (and #827 across all names), given to 779 babies — 791 including U.S. territories. Hector was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2005 (2,458 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 779 | 791 | — | #409 |
| 2024 | 864 | 873 | — | #379 |
| 2023 | 831 | 844 | — | #385 |
| 2022 | 927 | 944 | — | #355 |
| 2021 | 901 | 921 | — | #361 |
| 2020 | 856 | 882 | — | #365 |
| 2019 | 985 | 1,005 | — | #341 |
| 2018 | 1,012 | 1,043 | — | #331 |
| 2017 | 1,074 | 1,114 | — | #318 |
| 2016 | 1,100 | 1,153 | — | #319 |
| 2015 | 1,194 | 1,234 | — | #303 |
| 2014 | 1,214 | 1,267 | — | #292 |
| 2013 | 1,257 | 1,313 | — | #277 |
| 2012 | 1,325 | 1,419 | — | #267 |
| 2011 | 1,414 | 1,492 | — | #248 |
| 2010 | 1,562 | 1,660 | — | #226 |
| 2009 | 1,845 | 1,987 | — | #204 |
| 2008 | 2,186 | 2,311 | #14,384 | #182 |
| 2007 | 2,243 | 2,400 | — | #183 |
| 2006 | 2,327 | 2,499 | — | #175 |
| 2005 | 2,458 | 2,628 | — | #167 |
| 2004 | 2,009 | 2,220 | #17,073 | #192 |
| 2003 | 1,998 | 2,229 | — | #189 |
| 2002 | 1,942 | 2,209 | — | #195 |
| 2001 | 1,910 | 2,182 | #16,251 | #193 |
| 2000 | 1,979 | 2,255 | — | #185 |
| 1999 | 1,920 | 2,219 | #15,266 | #183 |
| 1998 | 1,815 | 2,161 | — | #185 |
| 1997 | 1,870 | — | — | #179 |
| 1996 | 1,978 | — | #7,297 | #172 |
| 1995 | 1,888 | — | #7,706 | #175 |
| 1994 | 1,991 | — | #5,325 | #161 |
| 1993 | 2,050 | — | #5,290 | #158 |
| 1992 | 2,031 | — | #6,793 | #156 |
| 1991 | 2,052 | — | #5,760 | #158 |
| 1990 | 2,003 | — | #7,030 | #156 |
| 1989 | 1,817 | — | #7,143 | #167 |
| 1988 | 1,674 | — | #4,714 | #170 |
| 1987 | 1,611 | — | #4,356 | #172 |
| 1986 | 1,492 | — | #4,418 | #181 |
| 1985 | 1,506 | — | #5,157 | #178 |
| 1984 | 1,352 | — | #4,561 | #185 |
| 1983 | 1,382 | — | #5,243 | #184 |
| 1982 | 1,538 | — | #5,321 | #172 |
| 1981 | 1,416 | — | #9,495 | #177 |
| 1980 | 1,469 | — | #3,760 | #169 |
| 1979 | 1,437 | — | #4,484 | #167 |
| 1978 | 1,257 | — | #4,768 | #191 |
| 1977 | 1,152 | — | #7,109 | #199 |
| 1976 | 1,265 | — | #5,343 | #180 |
| 1975 | 1,259 | — | #4,428 | #182 |
| 1974 | 1,231 | — | #3,605 | #185 |
| 1973 | 1,202 | — | #6,282 | #190 |
| 1972 | 1,129 | — | #4,160 | #204 |
| 1971 | 1,185 | — | #5,695 | #204 |
| 1970 | 1,136 | — | #4,861 | #220 |
| 1969 | 1,133 | — | #6,931 | #215 |
| 1968 | 1,048 | — | #4,898 | #220 |
| 1967 | 943 | — | #5,667 | #233 |
| 1966 | 938 | — | — | #231 |
| 1965 | 974 | — | #5,480 | #235 |
| 1964 | 953 | — | #5,172 | #250 |
| 1963 | 968 | — | #4,364 | #248 |
| 1962 | 931 | — | #5,494 | #254 |
| 1961 | 905 | — | #6,093 | #261 |
| 1960 | 871 | — | — | #271 |
| 1959 | 922 | — | #5,230 | #265 |
| 1958 | 839 | — | — | #268 |
| 1957 | 813 | — | #6,436 | #264 |
| 1956 | 801 | — | — | #256 |
| 1955 | 800 | — | — | #247 |
| 1954 | 654 | — | #6,069 | #277 |
| 1953 | 626 | — | — | #279 |
| 1952 | 600 | — | — | #283 |
| 1951 | 595 | — | #5,724 | #280 |
| 1950 | 473 | — | — | #315 |
| 1949 | 467 | — | — | #313 |
| 1948 | 423 | — | — | #326 |
| 1947 | 333 | — | — | #378 |
| 1946 | 300 | — | — | #376 |
| 1945 | 258 | — | — | #374 |
| 1944 | 241 | — | — | #388 |
| 1943 | 240 | — | — | #396 |
| 1942 | 193 | — | — | #445 |
| 1941 | 178 | — | — | #436 |
| 1940 | 192 | — | — | #422 |
| 1939 | 172 | — | — | #434 |
| 1938 | 183 | — | — | #421 |
| 1937 | 156 | — | — | #449 |
| 1936 | 166 | — | — | #435 |
| 1935 | 180 | — | #4,490 | #420 |
| 1934 | 185 | — | — | #411 |
| 1933 | 198 | — | — | #387 |
| 1932 | 172 | — | — | #426 |
| 1931 | 189 | — | — | #408 |
| 1930 | 198 | — | — | #420 |
| 1929 | 192 | — | — | #426 |
| 1928 | 186 | — | — | #439 |
| 1927 | 182 | — | — | #453 |
| 1926 | 146 | — | — | #501 |
| 1925 | 138 | — | — | #523 |
| 1924 | 139 | — | — | #536 |
| 1923 | 127 | — | — | #549 |
| 1922 | 123 | — | — | #578 |
| 1921 | 129 | — | — | #551 |
| 1920 | 119 | — | — | #573 |
| 1919 | 107 | — | — | #582 |
| 1918 | 90 | — | — | #648 |
| 1917 | 85 | — | — | #646 |
| 1916 | 91 | — | — | #612 |
| 1915 | 108 | — | — | #536 |
| 1914 | 58 | — | — | #669 |
| 1913 | 51 | — | — | #622 |
| 1912 | 51 | — | — | #565 |
| 1911 | 35 | — | — | #500 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | — | #718 |
| 1909 | 18 | — | — | #643 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | — | #696 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | — | #646 |
| 1906 | 12 | — | — | #729 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #723 |
| 1904 | 17 | — | — | #548 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | — | #713 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,125 |
| 1900 | 19 | — | — | #568 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #595 |
| 1898 | 10 | — | — | #717 |
| 1897 | 14 | — | — | #565 |
| 1896 | 12 | — | — | #655 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | — | #928 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | — | #816 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #959 |
| 1892 | 15 | — | — | #531 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | — | #509 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | — | #937 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | — | #841 |
| 1888 | 18 | — | — | #453 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #786 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | — | #898 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #669 |
| 1884 | 11 | — | — | #586 |
| 1883 | 10 | — | — | #615 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #884 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #820 |
| 1880 | 15 | — | — | #473 |